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The airplane departed RAF Downham Market at 2112LT on September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was ditched in the North Sea roughly 48 km off the Dutch coast, following an explosion wich wrecked the starboard inner engine and blew away a large part of the fuselage. The same explosion caused both outer motors to lose power. Two crew members were killed and five others were rescued.
Crew:
F/Sgt E. B. Cozens, pilot,
Sgt F. G. McGrevy,
Sgt D. A. W. Innes, †
Sgt D. J. Rushton, †
Sgt L. J. Chessell,
Sgt G. A. Pears,
Sgt J. Anderson.

The airplane departed RAF Upper Heyford at 2051LT on September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt William Donald Carrick,
Sgt James Frederick Deaton,
Sgt Thomas John Harboard,
F/Sgt James Frederick Irvine,
Sgt Harold Wright.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall in the evening of September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt Frank Burrill,
F/Sgt Ralph Ernest Gorman,
F/Sgt William Wilfred Henry Lavers,
P/O Randolph Cruickshank Smart,
F/Sgt Michael Bertram St Louis.

The airplane departed RAF Mildenhall in the evening of September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Eric Lees, pilot,
Sgt Charles Norman Anderson,
Sgt Frederick Richard Guppy,
Sgt Douglas Howard Judd,
Sgt Peter Anthony Young.

The airplane departed RAF Upper Heyford at 2037LT on September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea. Three crew members were killed and two others were rescued five days later in their dinghy and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Kenneth Charles Bonter, pilot,
P/O Arthur Henry Childs, observer, †
Sgt Robert James Harvey, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Douglas Richard Smith, air gunner, †
F/Sgt Richard Cecil Daoust, air gunner. †

The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 2023LT on September 8 on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base the following night, it suffered engine problems and was ditched in The Channel. A crew member drowned while four others were rescued.
Crew:
Sgt Terence Bryce Treble, †
F/Sgt J. C. Heddon,
Sgt J. C. Holmes,
Sgt M. P. Noble,
Sgt R. S. Taylor.

The airplane departed RAF Binbrook at 0059LT on an operation to Duisburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt Gordon Brefny Littlejohn, pilot,
F/Sgt Ford Ross Carruthers,
F/Sgt Stanley Marsden,
Sgt George Leonard Marshall,
F/Sgt Fred Hall Wilson.

The airplane departed RAF Bradwell Bay at 2144LT on an operation to Rouen. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed somewhere into The Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Albert John Richard Millman, pilot,
P/O James Alexander Howard McClafferty, observer,
Sgt Sydney Raymond Williams, wireless operator.

The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2340LT on September 4 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and probably crashed into the North Sea off the Dutch province of Friesland. Lost without trace.
Crew:
F/Sgt Richard Arthur Kertson,
P/O Claude Reginald Frederick Morris,
F/Sgt Warren Henry Ridder,
F/Sgt Andrew Crawford Stark Robertson,
Sgt James Arthur Royle.

The airplane departed RAF Ingham at 2340LT on September 4 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea, probably off the Dutch province of Friesland. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Sgt Leon Szychowiak, pilot,
Sgt Zygfryd Blachowski,
Sgt Jozef Janubiec,
Sgt Tadeusz Kowalak,
F/O Adam Szpak.